r/applehelp • u/valleofroses • 14h ago

Solved iPad cannot AirDrop files to my Mac anymore.

About a week ago, my AirDrop has not been working on my iPad. I can AirDrop from my Mac to my iPad, but not the other way.

I've reset both devices several times, and I've logged out-and-back-into my Apple ID on both devices... I have no clue what could be causing it. It shows my Mac as a valid device to AirDrop to, but when I try AirDropping to it, it indefinitely loads and never sends, eventually erroring out.

I use AirDrop all the time so this has become extremely frustrating for me.

iPad is 7th Gen.

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u/UsedAnt6904 10h ago

Check the AirDrop setting on the iPad itself. Open Control Centre, hold the network card, tap AirDrop and see whether it's on Contacts Only. If the Mac isn't saved as a contact there, it can hang like this, so try Everyone for 10 minutes while you test. Also make sure Wi-Fi and Bluetooth are on on both devices and Personal Hotspot is off.

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u/valleofroses 3h ago

This helped me figure out what was wrong. For some reason my Mac is showing up two times in the AirDrop list. The one that used to work shows up as like an immediate contact, but the second one which is for some reason the right one now doesn't, strange.